medicine failed to help the charm,um,come out of Lola, who probably swallowed the item while she was grazing outside. so Harris drove the tortoise two hours to fellow veterinarian Dong Mader. Mader has performed over 700 object-removal surgeries, taking rocks,screws, and other things out of animals. ''This is the first time I've ever taken a turtle charm out of a tortoise, though,'' Mader says.